RFC 212

NWG Meeting On Network Usage 💖

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• Request For Comments: 212
• NIC number: 7192
• Network Working Group: NWG Steering Committee
• Date: August 23, 1971
• Updates: 207

The original doesn't list a category, status, or anything it obsoletes, so I'm not adding any. 🌸

M.I.T.'s Project MAC has agreed to host the next Network Working Group Meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 🎓✨ Okay bestie, MIT said "we'll host!" and the next NWG Meeting is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 🦋

Due to several scheduling conflicts, the meeting dates indicated in RFC #207 have been moved ahead two weeks. 📅 Therefore, the meeting is scheduled to commence on Sunday, October 10 at 12 noon and is scheduled to adjourn on Thursday, October 14. So it's starting earlier than planned, and we're all just going to roll with it. 💅

Before this, the NWG was almost entirely focused on communications and protocol implementation. 🔧 But we're in a transitional era now! Implementation efforts are mostly done 🎉 and usage of the Network has become the main concern. 👑 So the theme of this meeting is Network usage. It's giving "what do we actually DO with this thing" energy, and I'm obsessed. 🫶

The meeting is going to let us 1) show off what host systems can currently do 🔥, 2) figure out where it can be applied 🧚, 3) talk through issues for users and service centers 🌈, and 4) get updated on status and recent developments. 📣

There are three sequential phases to the meeting, same as RFC #207 said. 🎀

The first phase is the system programmers workshop. It starts Sunday, October 10 at 12 noon and runs through Monday, October 11. 💻

The second phase starts Tuesday, October 12 at 9:30 a.m. 🌷 Besides any workshops that get organized, these sessions are on the schedule:

• a) A Protocol review 🔍. John Postel (UCLA) and Alex McKenzie (BBN) are co-chairing this one, and it's open to concerned and knowledgeable people. It's meant to review current standard protocols. Bestie, the protocol nerds are assembling. 🤓💜
• b) A course in NIC usage 🖥️. This is a tutorial on using the NIC. The group size is capped by how many consoles are available, so register early! To sign up, contact Dick Watson at SRI, (415) 326-6200. 📞
• c) TIP Users 📡. BBN is running this one, and it's open to interested participants. It covers the characteristics of a Terminal Interface MessAge Processor (TIP) and how to use a TIP to access remote services. There's also a discussion period afterward, so bring your questions. 🙋‍♀️

The third phase starts Wednesday, October 14 🌟. Wednesday is all about reports on status and recent developments. 📊

In the morning, we'll hear about the outcome of the system programmers workshop, the results of the Protocol review, specifications for Network on-line co-operative interaction, NIC philosophy, and a status report on user level Protocol development. 💅✨

In the afternoon, the spotlight is on the status of ILLIAC IV development, TENEX development, Data Computer development, and current activities in Network Climate Dynamics. ⭐ The session ends with a discussion of Network Management. 🍓

On Thursday morning, representatives from Network service centers and user groups hold a round table discussion on access to service centers via the Network. 🫶 It's open to the public, and audience participation is invited, so this is your chance to speak up! 📢

Cocktails and dinner are planned for Wednesday evening, starting at 5:30 p.m. 🍸🌸

More information on the October NWG meeting, along with a schedule listing workshop meeting times and rooms, will be available at a later date. 🗓️ Stay tuned, babe! 💖

Register, bestie! All NWG meeting attendees should register for the meeting by calling Anne Speare at (617) 864-6900 x1458. 📱

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Sonesta in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 🏨 You can get a reservation at the Hotel Sonesta from Anne Speare too. Rooms are allocated first come, first served, so don't sleep on it! 😭

Signed by the NWG Steering Committee: 🎀

• S. Crocker
• J. Heafner
• R. Kahn
• J. Melvin
• A. Vezza

[ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] [ into the online RFC archives by John Colton 6/97 ] 🧚